Word: peering
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...move was spearheaded by the university’s vice chancellor Alison Richard, a prominent figure in higher education deemed to be a potential candidate for Harvard’s presidency, and comes as Cambridge seeks to make itself more competitive compared with its peer institutions across the pond...
...Learning” was passed in March, focusing on shortcomings in the teaching fellows (TF) program. The UC has not spoken up on the issue since, and has not addressed the more important question of faculty teaching. CUE evaluations should be published for all faculty members, a system of peer faculty teaching evaluations should be developed, and tenure decisions should take into account teaching abilities as well as research. These improvements are essential to keeping Harvard at the forefront of higher education and are of profound importance to students. The UC should be leading the push for change, but right...
...Broad Institute was selected as a grant recipient through a “competitive, peer-reviewed process,” according to the NHGRI Web site...
...faith. The granddaughter of a veiled woman but thoroughly Tennessean in birth and rearing, I often struggle—here in America—to reconcile a system of doctrinal conventions with the modern life of a twenty-something college student. Striking a balance between parents’ expectations, peer pressure, personal desires, and the judging eyes of a global religion on everything from alcohol to sex to appropriate clothing is a constant and unresolved internal “jihad.”Religion is a mutable concept in the Gaber household. Having one Muslim and one Christian parent?...
...supposed to be the umbrella community, I think it’s damaging when students don’t feel like they’re a part of it for financial reasons.” The UC members also criticized the cost of printing and copying, for which many peer institutions do not charge, and the $1 laundry fee that goes to fund HoCos. Because low income students are more likely to use dorm laundry facilities, they disproportionately fund HoCo budgets, according to material distributed at the meeting. Culley also identified the difficulty of paying other fees that some students...